Evenly matched teams: Musanze vs Kiyovu Sports match preview

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Competition: Rwanda National Soccer League
Date: Sun 20.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Saturn Stadion (16500 seats)

The National Soccer League season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Musanze and Kiyovu Sports promises to be an interesting one.

It's no vacation for neither Musanze nor Kiyovu Sports as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Musanze form and stats

The first National Soccer League game here at Saturn Stadion resulted in a draw. Last season Musanze's home game statistics were 10 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 15 games.

Musanze's previous game was a National Soccer League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Kiyovu Sports (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that, an away loss at Mukura.

This is expected to be a close game, with Musanze perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Musanze as a small favourite), we find three games. Musanze has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 0.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Musanze at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Kiyovu Sports form and stats

Kiyovu Sports are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the National Soccer League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Kiyovu Sports play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Musanze (placed 12th). Before that, Kiyovu Sports secured a home win against Sunrise with the score 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Kiyovu Sports in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Kiyovu Sports, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Kiyovu Sports has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: 3 - 2 - 3 (Musanze wins - draws - Kiyovu Sports wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Musanze missing players

Kiyovu Sports missing players

Musanze Kiyovu Sports
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 3 4
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 2
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 2 2
2 1 0 Scored S 1 2 3
5 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 3
75% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 25%
50% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 50%
50% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 25%
 
4.5 4.5 7 Corners For (avg) C F 10 6.7 6.2
6.5 5.5 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 4 4.5
1.2 0.5 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Musanze Last season Kiyovu Sports
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
10 10   Won W   4 12
6 2   Drew D   2 7
14 3   Lost L   9 11
26 19   Scored S   12 31
38 12   Conceded C   12 21
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 83%
67% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   47% 47%
40% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 30%
10% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 7%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
47% 53%   BTTS BTTS   20% 27%
23% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 47%
37% 13%   Failed to Score F T   53% 43%
 
3.9 3.4   Corners For (avg) C F   4.5 4.5
3.8 4.1   Corners Against (avg) C A   4.5 3.3
1.6 1.7   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.6
1 0   Red Cards R C   3 4
Key stats last season:
  • Musanze have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Musanze
All National Soccer League
All Home Away Home vs top
01-06-19 NSL Musanze 1 - 0 Kiyovu Sports
06-10-19 NSL Muhanga 1 - 1 Musanze
09-10-19 NSL Musanze 0 - 0 Police Rwanda
13-10-19 NSL Mukura 4 - 0 Musanze
20-10-19 NSL Musanze 15:00 Kiyovu Sports
25-10-19 NSL Espoir 15:00 Musanze
30-10-19 NSL Musanze 15:00 Sunrise
03-11-19 NSL Musanze 15:00 Rayon Sports
05-11-19 NSL Gicumbi 15:00 Musanze
21-11-19 NSL Gasogi United 15:00 Musanze
Kiyovu Sports
All National Soccer League
All Home Away Away vs low
01-06-19 NSL Musanze 1 - 0 Kiyovu Sports
05-10-19 NSL Etincelles 2 - 1 Kiyovu Sports
09-10-19 NSL Espoir 0 - 1 Kiyovu Sports
13-10-19 NSL Kiyovu Sports 1 - 0 Sunrise
20-10-19 NSL Musanze 15:00 Kiyovu Sports
25-10-19 NSL Kiyovu Sports 15:00 Gicumbi
30-10-19 NSL Gasogi United 15:00 Kiyovu Sports
02-11-19 NSL Kiyovu Sports 15:00 Heroes
06-11-19 NSL Kiyovu Sports 15:00 APR
23-11-19 NSL AS Kigali 15:00 Kiyovu Sports

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 APR 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 7
2 Rayon Sports 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 7
3 Police Rwanda 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7
4 Etincelles 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
5 Kiyovu Sports 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
6 Mukura 3 1 2 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 5
7 Muhanga 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
8 Gasogi United 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
9 Bugesera 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
10 Marines 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
11 AS Kigali 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 2
12 Musanze 3 0 2 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 2
13 Espoir 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
14 Sunrise 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
15 Heroes 3 0 1 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -5 1
16 Gicumbi 3 0 0 3 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 5 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rayon Sports 30 23 3 4 53 14 15 13 0 2 28 4 15 10 3 2 25 10 39 72
2 APR 30 20 5 5 47 17 15 11 2 2 24 7 15 9 3 3 23 10 30 65
3 Mukura 30 17 8 5 38 22 15 9 3 3 20 12 15 8 5 2 18 10 16 59
4 Police Rwanda 30 15 5 10 45 33 15 10 1 4 32 17 15 5 4 6 13 16 12 50
5 Kiyovu Sports 30 12 7 11 31 21 15 8 5 2 19 9 15 4 2 9 12 12 10 43
6 Espoir 30 11 7 12 33 41 15 6 5 4 18 12 15 5 2 8 15 29 -8 40
7 AS Kigali 30 9 12 9 38 30 15 8 3 4 28 16 15 1 9 5 10 14 8 39
8 Etincelles 30 11 4 15 25 29 15 8 2 5 17 12 15 3 2 10 8 17 -4 37
9 Muhanga 30 9 9 12 41 41 15 9 4 2 26 14 15 0 5 10 15 27 0 36
10 Musanze 30 10 6 14 26 38 15 10 2 3 19 12 15 0 4 11 7 26 -12 36
11 Marines 30 8 11 11 20 24 15 6 6 3 12 8 15 2 5 8 8 16 -4 35
12 Bugesera 30 8 11 11 30 42 15 5 6 4 16 17 15 3 5 7 14 25 -12 35
13 Sunrise 30 8 10 12 28 35 15 5 5 5 17 16 15 3 5 7 11 19 -7 34
14 Gicumbi 30 8 7 15 20 43 15 7 4 4 15 13 15 1 3 11 5 30 -23 31
15 Kirehe 30 6 9 15 17 38 15 5 8 2 12 13 15 1 1 13 5 25 -21 27
16 Amagaju 30 5 6 19 22 46 15 2 4 9 9 20 15 3 2 10 13 26 -24 21

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